Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an ...

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President Biden, a Catholic, awarded the medal with distinction to the pontiff, to whom he has turned for personal guidance.

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Saturday honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the highest civilian award given by the president, saying the pontiff was “a ...